Risk events in United States, August 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
19979 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 126 disaster alerts, 18202 conflict events, and 1648 unrest events.
19979 eventsSources: gdelt
19979 events· United States
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 2
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 126
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 18,202
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 1,648
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
19979 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Harrisburg, United States
Severity 3 · Harrisburg · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Cambridge, United States
Severity 3 · Cambridge · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grapevine, United States
Severity 3 · Grapevine · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Scranton, United States
Severity 2 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Macon, United States
Severity 2 · Macon · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Winston-Salem, United States
Severity 3 · Winston-Salem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Normal, United States
Severity 3 · Normal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Highland, United States
Severity 2 · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Huntsville, United States
Severity 2 · Huntsville · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Highland, United States
Severity 2 · Highland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tampa, United States
Severity 3 · Tampa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Anchorage, United States
Severity 3 · Anchorage · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Killeen, United States
Severity 3 · Killeen · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in West Allis, United States
Severity 3 · West Allis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Little Rock, United States
Severity 3 · Little Rock · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Manteca, United States
Severity 3 · Manteca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Orem, United States
Severity 3 · Orem · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Palm Desert, United States
Severity 3 · Palm Desert · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sacramento, United States
Severity 3 · Sacramento · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Washington, United States
Severity 2 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military mobilization in Columbia, United States
Severity 2 · Columbia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Grand Island, United States
Severity 3 · Grand Island · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Oak Lawn, United States
Severity 3 · Oak Lawn · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Toledo, United States
Severity 2 · Toledo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Columbus, United States
Severity 3 · Columbus · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Indianapolis, United States
Severity 3 · Indianapolis · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Dayton, United States
Severity 3 · Dayton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Dayton, United States
Severity 2 · Dayton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Washington, United States
Severity 3 · Washington · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Conway, United States
Severity 3 · Conway · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Glendale, United States
Severity 3 · Glendale · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Olympia, United States
Severity 3 · Olympia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Framingham, United States
Severity 2 · Framingham · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lakeland, United States
Severity 3 · Lakeland · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Suffolk, United States
Severity 3 · Suffolk · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Scranton, United States
Severity 3 · Scranton · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Queens County, United States
Severity 2 · Queens County · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.